Other sports to benefit include athletics and hockey, who both receive A$470,000 (£214,366), hockey,

FEBRUARY 11 - A HANDBALL ARENA to be built for London 2012 that will become a new multi-sports facility in legacy is set to start construction this summer after it was given planning permission.

The Arena will be in the west of the Olympic Park, to the south of the Hockey Centre, within four minutes

 FEBRUARY 10 - LONDON'S Olympic Park will house a secondary school and a leisure and sports academy in addition to being a world-class athletics arena after the 2012 Games, under new plans unveiled today.

will be complemented by a range of new facilities for sports in and around the Park, such as football, hockey

Olympic silver hockey medallist and four-time Olympian Ric Charlesworth also addressed the 150 coaches

ELS VAN BREDA VRIESMAN (pictured), who last month lost her position as president of the International Hockey

Vriesman has also quit her role as president of the FIH'S Foundation for the Promotion and Development of Hockey

ELS VAN BREDA VRIESMAN (pictured), who last month lost her position as president of the International Hockey

Vriesman has also quit her role as president of the FIH'S Foundation for the Promotion and Development of Hockey

  PETER ERIKSSON (pictured), a former Swedish speed skater who has coached 113 medallists, has been recruited from Canada to be the new UK Athletics Paralympic head coach.

conclusion of his competitive career, he moved into coaching where he worked in speed skating and ice hockey

  PETER ERIKSSON (pictured), a former Swedish speed skater who has coached 113 medallists, has been recruited from Canada to be the new UK Athletics Paralympic head coach.

conclusion of his competitive career, he moved into coaching where he worked in speed skating and ice hockey

  WOMEN'S football has benefitted at the expense of hockey, basketball and badminton as New Zealand

But the losers are women's hockey, women's basketball and badminton which last year shared a total of

is continued multi-year support for Paralympics, winter sports, bowls, flat water canoeing and men's hockey

Men's hockey gets the largest increase, from $400,000 (£146,479) to $700,000 (£256,339), while other

  WOMEN'S football has benefitted at the expense of hockey, basketball and badminton as New Zealand

But the losers are women's hockey, women's basketball and badminton which last year shared a total of

is continued multi-year support for Paralympics, winter sports, bowls, flat water canoeing and men's hockey

Men's hockey gets the largest increase, from $400,000 (£146,479) to $700,000 (£256,339), while other

DECEMBER 12 - THE Austrian resort of Innsbruck will host the inaugural Winter Youth Olympics in 2012, it was announced today. 

final cut.An estimated 1,000 athletes aged 14-18 will compete over 10 days in seven sports: skiing, ice hockey

  MIXED-GENDER events and 3-on-3 basketball are among the planned innovations for the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore in 2010, it was announced.

The four team sports - football, handball, hockey and volleyball - will consist of one national team

  ENGLAND'S Martin Gotheridge (pictured) has been appointed as the new president of the European Hockey

  It follows  the election of Leandro Negre as the new president of the International Hockey Federation

Gotheridge was elected president of England Hockey at the 2005 annual meeting, a position that sees him

During his hockey career, Gotheridge's involvement in the sport has included a playing and umpiring as

well as spells as being chairman of the competitions committee of the old hockey association, competitions

  ENGLAND'S Martin Gotheridge (pictured) has been appointed as the new president of the European Hockey

  It follows  the election of Leandro Negre as the new president of the International Hockey Federation

Gotheridge was elected president of England Hockey at the 2005 annual meeting, a position that sees him

During his hockey career, Gotheridge's involvement in the sport has included a playing and umpiring as

well as spells as being chairman of the competitions committee of the old hockey association, competitions

Leandro Negre (pictured) has replaced Els van Breda Vriesman as the new president of the International Hockey

  Negre, who was the president of the European Hockey Federation, will hold the office for a term

The 62-year-old Negre is credited with helping create the Euro Hockey League.  

"I would also like to thank Els van Breda Vriesman for the excellent work she did for hockey."